Burns Night Ceilidh
2024-01-27 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Burns Night is a tradition in Scotland, celebrating the poems and songs of Robert Burns (1759 – 1796) – and we’ll be joining the celebration here in Gloucester, with live Music from Michael O’Leary, Susie Petrov, Stephen Thomforde, and other guests. We will also be learning some Scottish Dances and take the dance floor for a waltz or two. And of course there will be haggis!
After the official program we will be opening the floor session-style, so bring your instruments/voice and share a tune, a song, or a poem.
$20 per person
Buy tickets online AT THIS LINK
or at the door (cash or Venmo only)
B.Y.O.B. and wear your kilt or tartan if you have it
Movement Impaired access through 186 Main Street, elevator to 5th floor

Tint and Texture
2024-02-24 19:00 - 20:00
MAGMA presents “Tint and Texture: Dances Made for the Moment,” an evening of choreography and improvisational dance and music, directed by Sarah Slifer Swift and Dawn Pratson, with dancers Lisa Bouchie, Jiliian Chavez​-Oliveira, Sophia Dunzelman, Myles Kercher, Anna Kharaz, Carey McKinley and Cynthia Williams.
Installation artwork by KayeLynn Johnson-Shoucair
A reception will follow the performance
Tix $15 BUY ONLINE

The People Danced on Film
2024-03-01 19:00 - 20:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
“The People Danced” project looks into the living memory of the history of social dance in Gloucester, as part of Gloucester 400+. It is a collaboration between Project Director Sarah Slifer Swift, the Gloucester Cultural Initiative, and filmmaker Casey Buckles. Come see the debut of two original films that are reflections of live events that took place in October 2022 and July 2023, plus the launch of “The People Danced” website, with an interactive opportunity for people to share memories of social dance on Cape Ann.
This event is FREE to the public

Dance Team Audition
2024-03-02 13:00 - 14:00
The MAGMA Dance and Performance Team, which meets for rehearsals on Saturdays from 12:30-2:30pm, is an amazing opportunity to grow your talent and skills as a dance/movement artist. Work with professional mentors to help you guide and challenge you as you create your own choreographies. The Spring Session session runs March 23 through June 16. Cost: $75/month for MAGMA students, $100/month for non-MAGMA students.
Ages 9-18 are invited to audition.
Dance Team is an audition-based group
IN-PERSON AUDITION: March 2nd, 1-2pm, at MAGMA
STEP 1: REGISTER – the registration is free. You must register here whether doing in-person or video audition.
STEP 2: Attend live audition on March 2nd, or submit video audition NO LATER THAN March 1.
For video, email sarah.slifer.swift@gmail.com, and attach video via Google Drive or other large file sharing method. Video should be about one minute in length and have you dancing your own of someone else’s choreography, or improvising.

BDT Fundraiser Performance
2024-03-16 17:00 - 20:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Join us for a very special collaboration between Boston Dance Theater, MAGMA, and Matthew Swift Gallery to benefit Boston Dance Theater’s fifth season.
Taking place on March 16 from 5PM-8PM, and hosted by Movement Arts Gloucester MA (MAGMA) and Matthew Swift Gallery, this event will feature a new new, plant aware dance performance and visual art from Boston Dance Theater & Kim Radochia, as well as other pieces from BDT’s rep.
Following the dance performance at MAGMA, drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served across the street at Matthew Swift Gallery from 6:30pm on, where attendees will enjoy discussions with the artists, encore presentations and the culinary delights of Timothy Hopkins Catering.
Tickets are on sale NOW, priced at $300 and include:

Live performances at the event
Heavy hors d’oeuvres + Drink
a percentage will be tax deductible

Dancehall Workshop
2024-03-28 18:30 - 19:30
We’re hosting a 4-class Dancehall workshop series with Jeff Jean-Phillipe to bring the heat this Spring!
Dancehall is a high-energy style of dance emanating from Jamaica. These workshops will be open to all experience levels, working on the basic moves and rhythms in the style.
$20 per class, or $65 for all 4 classes
DATES: March 28, 6:30-7:30pm SIGN UP
April 7, 4-5pm SIGN UP
April 18, 6:30-7:30pm SIGN UP
May 2, 6:30-7:30pm SIGN UP
About Jeff Jean-Phillipe: Jeff Jean-Philippe, a versatile artist, is quickly becoming one of New England’s premier Hip Hop educators and choreographers. Originally from Montreal, Quebec, and living in northern Massachusetts, Jeff’s passion for the art of dance grew quickly while studying under some of North America’s top and original Hip Hop teachers, including Amari Marshal, Super Dave, Jamar Hopkins, and Brian “Footwork” Green. His training in hip-hop and street dance culture is extensive and includes dancehall, break dancing, Chicago footwork, house, popping, locking, animation, whacking, Afro-house, Krump, and more.
Jeff has taught at a series of masterclasses, workshops, conventions, and colleges throughout the East Coast and Canada; Jeff also judges at various dance competitions and battle events. His high-energy classes strongly focus on Hip-Hop foundation, technique, and fundamentals keeping the essence of the culture and contemporary and modern elements. He is also the leading pioneer of a new form of Latin dance called, Kimpada, which is a fusion of Kizomba, Kompa, Bachata, and Zouk.
Jeff has performed with numerous local dance companies from Boston, in ballets, in commercials, and on tv shows (SYTYCD season 12, top 30), as a backup dancer, and in musicals. He Has recently been featured in music videos of big names such as the hip-hop artist Joyner Lucas and The legendary Dancehall artist Mr.Vegas. Jeff is the founder and director of his own hip-hop, contemporary/modern-focused company, The Expressive Movement, which recently toured the East Coast, Canada, and went international.
Since opening his business, “Our Space” a holistic and multicultural Arts center, Jeff enjoys sharing his knowledge and passion for art, holistic wellness, and Afro-diosparic lineage, most importantly, guiding, coaching, and mentoring the health and wellness of all humans.

Workshop: Opening to the Creative Flow
2024-03-30 15:00 - 18:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Opening to the Creative Flow: Channeling the Magician
With Caitlin Rae Moon
Staring at a blank canvas or page can be intimidating and sometimes paralyzing: knowing where and how to begin is a huge hurdle that can prevent us from expressing ourselves. But if we view creativity not as something we have but as something that moves through us, all we need to do is open ourselves to that creative energy and it will begin to flow through us.
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In this workshop, Caitlin will guide you through a series of practices that will teach you to make like the Magician, channel divine inspiration and manifest it into *art that comes from your most authentic self.
*any creative expression including (but not limited to) visual art, dance, poetry, creative writing and music
In this workshop, you will:
*Co-create a sacred container: setting the stage for creativity to flow is a crucial first step! We will begin by building a group altar, setting and sharing our intentions
*Learn from the wisdom of the Magician: what lessons does this enigmatic card have to teach us about tapping into creativity?
*Engage in conscious movement: shed mental and physical tension and tap into a more fluid and open way of being
*Be guided through writing and art exercises: tap into your unconscious self with exercises designed to open the creative floodgate and generate ideas
*Have time, space and materials to create
*Share your experience and creations and witness the creations of others
You will leave this workshop with:
*New ideas and inspiration
*A toolkit you can use on your own to tap into creativity quickly and authentically
*Connections with other creatives in the community
Workshop cost: $40 REGISTER NOW

Scene Indoor Hang
2024-04-06 17:00 - 21:00
Experimental techno night at MAGMA

!@#$% [LIVE TECHNO]
RADIO SKOTVOID [ACID DJ SET]
J BAGIST [LIVE TECHNO]
A. CAMPBELL PAYNE [BRAINDANCE DJ SET]
DEB STEP ON VIZUALS

4HRS OF LOUD BANGING TECHNO TO DANCE TO
All Ages, $15 at the door

Dancehall Workshop
2024-04-07 16:00 - 17:00
We’re hosting a Dancehall workshop series with Jeff Jean-Phillipe to bring the heat this Spring!
Dancehall is a high-energy style of dance emanating from Jamaica. These workshops will be open to all experience levels, working on the basic moves and rhythms in the style.
$20 per class
DATES: April 7, 4-5pm SIGN UP
April 18, 6:30-7:30pm SIGN UP
May 2, 6:30-7:30pm SIGN UP
About Jeff Jean-Phillipe: Jeff Jean-Philippe, a versatile artist, is quickly becoming one of New England’s premier Hip Hop educators and choreographers. Originally from Montreal, Quebec, and living in northern Massachusetts, Jeff’s passion for the art of dance grew quickly while studying under some of North America’s top and original Hip Hop teachers, including Amari Marshal, Super Dave, Jamar Hopkins, and Brian “Footwork” Green. His training in hip-hop and street dance culture is extensive and includes dancehall, break dancing, Chicago footwork, house, popping, locking, animation, whacking, Afro-house, Krump, and more.
Jeff has taught at a series of masterclasses, workshops, conventions, and colleges throughout the East Coast and Canada; Jeff also judges at various dance competitions and battle events. His high-energy classes strongly focus on Hip-Hop foundation, technique, and fundamentals keeping the essence of the culture and contemporary and modern elements. He is also the leading pioneer of a new form of Latin dance called, Kimpada, which is a fusion of Kizomba, Kompa, Bachata, and Zouk.
Jeff has performed with numerous local dance companies from Boston, in ballets, in commercials, and on tv shows (SYTYCD season 12, top 30), as a backup dancer, and in musicals. He Has recently been featured in music videos of big names such as the hip-hop artist Joyner Lucas and The legendary Dancehall artist Mr.V egas. Jeff is the founder and director of his own hip-hop, contemporary/modern-focused company, The Expressive Movement, which recently toured the East Coast, Canada, and went international.
Since opening his business, “Our Space” a holistic and multicultural Arts center, Jeff enjoys sharing his knowledge and passion for art, holistic wellness, and Afro-diasporic lineage, most importantly, guiding, coaching, and mentoring the health and wellness of all humans.

Scribble: Animal Party
2024-04-13 19:00 - 21:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
We welcome you to enter the unexpected and unpredictable world in which the animal and the party intersect! Come all you zebras dancing and leopards playing the piano! Come every iguana-headed flying monkey with teacups in hand! Come with your tentacle jump ropes and scaly hoola hoops! Come by wing, flipper or claw!

…but seriously, costumes are welcome and encouraged, especially for this one…

Works on view will include: visual artworks by Naomi Lanson; installation works by Michael Lamarche and Christine April; a performance dance piece by Jon Holland & Lisa Bouchie; a drag performance by Jude Johnson-Shoucair & Maeve Lally; as well as three video pieces by Mack, Casey Buckles and Peter Littlefield!
BUY TICKETS HERE
$15 n.o.t.a.f.l.o.f.

This program is supported by the Gloucester Cultural Council, a subsidiary of the Massachusetts Cultural Council

Dancehall Workshop
2024-04-18 19:00 - 20:00
We’re hosting a Dancehall workshop series with Jeff Jean-Phillipe to bring the heat this Spring!
Dancehall is a high-energy style of dance emanating from Jamaica. These workshops will be open to all experience levels, working on the basic moves and rhythms in the style.
$20 per class
DATES: April 18, 7:00-8:00pm SIGN UP
May 2, 7:00-8:00pm SIGN UP
About Jeff Jean-Phillipe: Jeff Jean-Philippe, a versatile artist, is quickly becoming one of New England’s premier Hip Hop educators and choreographers. Originally from Montreal, Quebec, and living in northern Massachusetts, Jeff’s passion for the art of dance grew quickly while studying under some of North America’s top and original Hip Hop teachers, including Amari Marshal, Super Dave, Jamar Hopkins, and Brian “Footwork” Green. His training in hip-hop and street dance culture is extensive and includes dancehall, break dancing, Chicago footwork, house, popping, locking, animation, whacking, Afro-house, Krump, and more.
Jeff has taught at a series of masterclasses, workshops, conventions, and colleges throughout the East Coast and Canada; Jeff also judges at various dance competitions and battle events. His high-energy classes strongly focus on Hip-Hop foundation, technique, and fundamentals keeping the essence of the culture and contemporary and modern elements. He is also the leading pioneer of a new form of Latin dance called, Kimpada, which is a fusion of Kizomba, Kompa, Bachata, and Zouk.
Jeff has performed with numerous local dance companies from Boston, in ballets, in commercials, and on tv shows (SYTYCD season 12, top 30), as a backup dancer, and in musicals. He Has recently been featured in music videos of big names such as the hip-hop artist Joyner Lucas and The legendary Dancehall artist Mr.Vegas. Jeff is the founder and director of his own hip-hop, contemporary/modern-focused company, The Expressive Movement, which recently toured the East Coast, Canada, and went international.
Since opening his business, “Our Space” a holistic and multicultural Arts center, Jeff enjoys sharing his knowledge and passion for art, holistic wellness, and Afro-diasporic lineage, most importantly, guiding, coaching, and mentoring the health and wellness of all humans.

April Music Show
2024-04-20 19:00 - 22:00
PlannComm Events presents
Sailor Down
hey i’m outside
Pete Lindberg
U-ey Buoy
$10 at the door

Dancehall Workshop
2024-05-02 19:00 - 20:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
We’re hosting a Dancehall workshop series with Jeff Jean-Phillipe to bring the heat this Spring!
Dancehall is a high-energy style of dance emanating from Jamaica. These workshops will be open to all experience levels, working on the basic moves and rhythms in the style.
$20 per class
DATE: May 2, 7:00-8:00pm SIGN UP
About Jeff Jean-Phillipe: Jeff Jean-Philippe, a versatile artist, is quickly becoming one of New England’s premier Hip Hop educators and choreographers. Originally from Montreal, Quebec, and living in northern Massachusetts, Jeff’s passion for the art of dance grew quickly while studying under some of North America’s top and original Hip Hop teachers, including Amari Marshal, Super Dave, Jamar Hopkins, and Brian “Footwork” Green. His training in hip-hop and street dance culture is extensive and includes dancehall, break dancing, Chicago footwork, house, popping, locking, animation, whacking, Afro-house, Krump, and more.
Jeff has taught at a series of masterclasses, workshops, conventions, and colleges throughout the East Coast and Canada; Jeff also judges at various dance competitions and battle events. His high-energy classes strongly focus on Hip-Hop foundation, technique, and fundamentals keeping the essence of the culture and contemporary and modern elements. He is also the leading pioneer of a new form of Latin dance called, Kimpada, which is a fusion of Kizomba, Kompa, Bachata, and Zouk.
Jeff has performed with numerous local dance companies from Boston, in ballets, in commercials, and on tv shows (SYTYCD season 12, top 30), as a backup dancer, and in musicals. He Has recently been featured in music videos of big names such as the hip-hop artist Joyner Lucas and The legendary Dancehall artist Mr. Vegas. Jeff is the founder and director of his own hip-hop, contemporary/modern-focused company, The Expressive Movement, which recently toured the East Coast, Canada, and went international.
Since opening his business, “Our Space” a holistic and multicultural Arts center, Jeff enjoys sharing his knowledge and passion for art, holistic wellness, and Afro-diasporic lineage, most importantly, guiding, coaching, and mentoring the health and wellness of all humans.

Dance performance: Broadchannel
2024-05-24 19:30 - 20:30
Broadchannel
a dance performance, choreography by Mia Martelli, in collaboration with Sophia Dunzelman
Broadchannel is a dance that visits childhood bedroom performance-making. The 2000s-era sounds, drawings, lighting, poems, and unfinished choreographies created in private are put on display and repurposed as a platform for contemporary questions around aging, spirituality, and environmental collapse.
Improvised dances emerge in response to the rhythm, colors, and temperatures of Massachusetts Peninsulas. The rapture and horror of intensifying tides serve as non-fiction mythology, shaking the prospect of building a future in a place surrounded by water.
$15 at the door or online: BUY TICKETS NOW

Flowport - live music
2024-05-31 19:30 - 22:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
R&B, hip hop night, only $10 at the door
with Julian Mendoza @julian.i.mendoza
Kr!thi @kr.i.thi
and Monaveli @realmonaveli
7:30pm

Vogue Workshop
2024-06-01 15:00 - 16:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Learn the basics of slay with a beginner-friendly Vogue workshop led by Alejandro Ramirez
Cost is $20, open to adults and teens ages 14+
SIGN UP
This class is part of #CapeAnnPride – CLICK HERE to find out about all of the other events and happenings!

Dead End
2024-06-01 20:00 - 21:00
Dead End
by Solstice Lauren
a special preview production of the new original play
High school senior Faye is stricken with grief after the sudden death of her former best friend, Foley. The night after Foley’s funeral, the deceased eighteen-year-old comes to Faye in the form of a ghost or hallucination. As Faye’s world becomes ridden with guilt, she turns to the unhealthy
coping mechanisms taught to her by her Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Meanwhile, Faye’s sister, Rita, and best friend, Sara, attempt to prove that Foley’s death was a suicide covered up by his parents. Dead End explores themes of youth mental health and friendship, with a focus on the
ways children and teenagers often have their thoughts and feelings overlooked by the adults in their lives. This show runs approximately 90 minutes. FREE
mature audiences only

Reduce, Reuse, ReSCRIBBLE
2024-06-02 15:00 - 17:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
SCRIBBLE announces REDUCE, REUSE, RE-SCRIBBLE, a creative, immersive open house in which the SCRIBBLE artistic community confronts the problem of CLIMATE CHANGE in interactive art installations, performances, and videos.
Sunday, June 2nd from 3-5 pm at MAGMA, Movement Arts Gloucester Massachusetts, 11 Pleasant St, Gloucester, MA. Expect thoughtful, provocative, interactive work from Erika Sutter, Jude Johnson-Shoucair, Sarah Slifer Swift, Peter Littlefield, Sophia Dunzelman, Nick Neyeloff, Christine April, Michael Lamarche, Hannah Krieger, Chris Lyman and Pamela Ellis Hawkes.A scavenger hunt leads participants through an immersive environment, following clues found within the artwork that speak in one way or another to climate change. It all begins with a confession booth in which guests can have a one on one with Mother Nature. The whole experience should take about one hour.
This program was made possible with funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Gloucester Cultural Initiative, with support from NOAA.

Rock Show
2024-06-07 19:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Riley’s Bday Bash with
Rolling Stony
cigarette cam
Jonee Earthquake Band
Exposed Ass
Doors 7:30pm
All Ages, $10 at the door – cash, venmo, PayPal only!

Experimental Sunday
2024-06-16 19:00 - 22:00
Live music with an experimental bent. All Ages, $10, doors 7pm
with
Steve Lacey
Randi Woodele
Abner
Law Years
Dead Clinician

Nia Workshop
2024-06-28 18:30 - 19:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Nia with a world music Twist
with Alice Heller , Brown Belt Nia and Moving to Heal instructor
Friday June 28th from 6:30-7:30pm

at MAGMA, $20

Please contact the instructor to reserve your spot:
aliceheller15@gmail.com

African Dance with Alice Heller
2024-07-06 16:00 - 17:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Join us for an African dance celebration with live drummers on Saturday July 6th at 4pm led by Alice Heller
Open to teens and adults- all levels !
Register with Alice- www.alicehellerdance.comCost: $20 ($25 at the door ), VENMO : Alice-Heller-1For more information contact : aliceheller15@gmail.com

Improvisation & Performance Series
2024-07-11 17:30 - 19:00
Starting July 11, every Thursday in July and August, MAGMA will offer a free improvisation workshop series as part of Gloucester’s Culture Splash. Dancers will then take to the streets and do a short 15-20 minute performance outdoors near another Culture Splash event.
No Workshop on July 18 because MAGMA’s Dance Team will be performing at Harbor Loop at 7pm.

Simonson Technique Workshops
2024-07-18 14:00 - 2024-07-20 20:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
With Te Perez Ceccon from NYC
Find all the info and sign up schedule at:
https://www.linesofenergy.com/event-details-registration/simonson-workshop

MAGMA Dance Team performs for Culture Splash
2024-07-18 19:00 - 19:30
Please come support MAGMA Youth Dance Team and others at Harbor Loop tonight as part of Culture Splash.
The dance performance will happen from 7-7:30pm. FREE! Bring lawn chairs or a picnic blanket and stay for the music afterwards!
Please note there is NO improv workshop tonight because of this special performance of the Dance Team.

Improvisation & Performance Series
2024-07-25 17:30 - 19:30
Every Thursday in July and August, MAGMA will offer a free improvisation workshop. As part of Gloucester’s Culture Splash, dancers will then take to the streets and do a short 15-20 minute performance outdoors near another Culture Splash event.
performance locations:
7/25: Dance on Main Street, near the Sargent House Museum, 6:30-7pm
8/1: Dance on the docks, Rogers Street near Blue Collar Lobster, 6:30-7pm
8/8: Dance at the Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Pleasant Street, *6:00pm start time
8/15: Dance at Maritime Gloucester, Harbor Loop, 6:30-7pm
8/22: Dance location tba

Improvisation & Performance Series
2024-08-01 17:30 - 19:30
Every Thursday in July and August, MAGMA will offer a free improvisation workshop at MAGMA as part of Gloucester’s Culture Splash. Participants will then take to the streets and do a short 15-20 minute performance outdoors near another Culture Splash event.
performance locations:
7/25: Dance on Main Street, near the Sargent House Museum, 6:30-7pm
8/1: Dance on the docks, Rogers Street near Blue Collar Lobster, 6:30-7pm
8/8: Dance at the Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Pleasant Street, *6:00pm start time
8/15: Dance at Maritime Gloucester, Harbor Loop, 6:30-7pm
8/22: Dance location tba

Day of Dance
2024-08-04 09:00 - 16:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Oh yeah, Day of Dance is looking HOT for 2024!
Join Jeannette Neill, Jim Viera, Sue Murray, Sarah Slifer Swift, and Laura Dow for an amazing day. Group pricing and a la carte options available.
9:00-10:00am Active Stretch and Strength with Sarah Slifer Swift
10:00-11:45am Jazz with Jeannette Neill
12:00-1:00pm Tap with Laura Dow
1:15-2:45pm Lyrical Jazz with Sue Murray
3:00-4:30pm Jazz with Jim Viera
SIGN UP at https://www.jndance.com/special-events

Improvisation & Performance Series
2024-08-08 17:30 - 19:30
Every Thursday in July and August, MAGMA will offer a free improvisation workshop at MAGMA as part of Gloucester’s Culture Splash. Participants will then take to the streets and do a short 15-20 minute performance outdoors near another Culture Splash event.
performance locations:
8/8: Dance at the Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Pleasant Street, *6:00pm start time
8/15: Dance at Maritime Gloucester, Harbor Loop, 6:30-7pm
8/22: Dance location tba

Squall House - Peabrain
2024-08-09 19:00 - 21:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Rock music from local college kids, an eclectic mix of covers and originals.
All ages. $5 at the door
